February 2011
53 posts
WatchFood Diary by Hirumi Nanayakkara
A Walk Through "Little Beirut"
lettersfrombeirut:
Although my blog assignment is posted on the IFP blog page, I thought I would post some of my favorite photos from my recent walk through an area of Brooklyn known for it’s Lebanese/Middle Eastern population.
Mangos at Roadster's - You are what you eat →
"Time and space have a completely different... →
adamphillips19:
(quote from Saud Amiry, founder of Riwaq)
WARNING: Long train ride home will result in rambling Tumblr post.
This evening at Columbia the founder of Riwaq, Saud Amiry, spoke about the foundation of her NGO based in Ramallah. The work is funded by a who’s who list of international donors and…
WatchBeirut Monologues (2007).
Women in Lebanese Society Readings.
Resources for those interested in women’s issues in Lebanese society:
Leaving Beirut : women and the wars within by Mayy Ghaṣṣūb
An enchanted modern : gender and public piety in Shi’i Lebanon by Lara Deeb
Women and war in Lebanon by Lamia Rustum Shehadeh Women and work in Lebanon Beirut University College. Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World.
Reading the Internet: The world is blowing up.... →
ronikakate:
Internationally: Libya
Why you should care: This is one of the uprisings in the Middle East that is not going as swimmingly as the Egypt uprising went. There have been orders to rape women, genocide, and the government is being far more draconian towards the protests. More people have been…
Radical Rutgers Professor Maps Toxic Ads, Then... →
““Whatever size and shape of city we live in, we can use food as a means of...”
– Carolyn Steel, Hungry City
“Food is a form of dialogue.”
– Carolyn Steel, Hungry City
Public Space + Political Change in the Middle East →
Change the way we eat - TEDx Manhattan →
a-wop bop-a loo-mop, a-lop bam-boom! tutti frutti,... →
slouchingtowardsbeirut:
Beirut is a city with an identity crisis. Is it Arab, Mediterranean or European? Muslim or Christian? Is it the bastion of Resistance or the stronghold of tolerance? Is it the capital of a country that only became independent in 1943 or one of the oldest continually-inhabited cities on earth that was already ancient when Athens was born?
A question posed by Warren...
“The divided city is a physical crisis nestled within a political crisis carried...”
– Jon Calame and Esther Ruth Charlesworth. 2009. Divided Cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar and Nicosia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; p. 171.
WatchCairo’s Facebook Flat
WatchCarolyn Steel - “How Food Shapes Our Cities” 2009
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Site map of Tahrir Square →
Mapping Roberta's
Great work. Roberta’s is like the Sitopia that Carolyn Steel refers to in Hungry City. You can play the Google Earth tour on your computer and take screen captures (movie), then export it as a .mov file and upload it to your blog. Do you have SnapProX?
beirutbeirut:
Roberta’s in Bushwick Brooklyn (called by the nytimes, “the coolest place on earth”) is a pizza place and restaurant, but...
BEIRUT or BUST: Shake Shack Map - 2nd Iteration →
Very exciting project! And yes, you’ve hit upon the precise barrier to a QR revolution - they are simply unattractive. Nothing about black and white geometry is inviting or screams awesome content coming your way if you just photograph me!
Great thinking on applicability to Souk el Tayeb. Let’s try to find out from Matthew if most customers have smart phones, and if not, what other...
WatchAllison’s Blooming Hill Farm Map
tenochvalley:
The MAP!!
Foodshed Market Map - initial stages →
Great site. Can you bring in your diagram to class so we can discuss it with the class. It seems like you developed a great icon/mapping system and it would be great to have a closer look. Also, I think the meat of your mapping study could be a linkage between the vendors who sell at Foodshed and use the entrepreneurial space in Queens. I think it’s important to unpack this relationship...
You're Going Where?: Approaching the Coop →
Important site and great idea to focus on access. Let’s discuss how your observations on access can be scaled up and have implications for regulating or encouraging access to other foodsheds around the City. I’m not sure if there are food co-ops in Beirut, but there are CSA’s. Let’s ask Matthew if there are co-ops or food buying clubs.
adamphillips19:
As promised, here...
mdf venturing forth: FoodMap: Cafe Petisco, NYC →
Very eloquent observations. I like your focus on the moveable cafe tables. They are the base units of space making and social configurations. This is a great study that can be scaled up to look at other moveable components of city space such as street furniture in public spaces, and even in understanding grid patterns. Where will your study go from here?
meredithdf:
I selected a little cafe at...
I wish this was →
shriyashriyashriya:
via scharaniya
Foodshed Market Map - initial stages →
beirut or bust: Neighborhood Mapping - 1st... →
beirumi:
Before I get down to business, I must share this:
http://illegal-art.net/allday/
It’s Girl Talk’s latest album. Its freeeeeee and it got me through many late nights last semester, fo’ sho’.
As a professional eater, I had a hard time pinpointing a neighborhood to map. I’ve always enjoyed…
Beirut Buzz: Andy's Deli - Middle Village, Queens →
theresepostel:
View Andy’s Deli in a larger map
If you had to pick one part of my hometown that centers on food, I’d say it is Andy’s Deli. This deli has been here since I was a child and it was always the first place I’d go to when I’d come home from college.
Andy’s is reminiscent of an old time…
